1996 · First-person shooter · Shooter

Prime Target

A powerful senator is brutally murdered while working late in her Washington D.C. office. In the game it is up to you to find her killers in this 3D action thriller of a game.

Released: 1996
Platforms: macOS
Genres: First-person shooter Shooter
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Perspective: First person
Themes: Action Mystery
Country: United States

About

Prime Target is a 1996 action video game developed by WizardWorks Group and published by MacSoft for Macintosh computers.

›Story

S. senator? To find out, you will fight hordes of deadly killers while assembling a variety of clues. Your search will take you to the center of the nation's power.

C. With the right amount of skill and luck, you might even stop the killers' insidious scheme!

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Story

An influential senator named Cathryn Mayfield has been murdered, and it is up to the player to uncover secret documents relating to a conspiracy.

Development

The team was led by Kirk Sumner. An arcade port of the game was developed and underwent location testing at a Champions Arcade in the Philadelphia area during 1997, but was never fully released.

Reception

The game received generally positive reviews from critics.

A Next Generation critic commented that the game's combination of shooting action and mystery solving "is a unique attempt to rework an old design, and for the most part it works." He also praised the large, challenging levels, the multiplayer options, and the need to move furniture and duck behind it for cover. However, he ultimately compared the game unfavorably to other Marathon 2 engine games such as ZPC and Damage Incorporated, and gave it three out of five stars. MacHome praised the game's realism and plot.